After the two days of planting rush, the people of Yougang Village re-entered the intense land reclamation work.

Everyone wants to reclaim a few acres of land before spring plowing, so that they can earn hundreds of kilograms of grain during autumn harvest, and their families will no longer have to go hungry in the future.

At this moment, a rumor suddenly spread in the village.

"Have you heard that Lao Zhang? The National Salvation Army has no food. When we finish the spring plowing, they will no longer send us food and let us die. If someone is starved to death, the crops in the fields and the newly reclaimed land will fall into the hands of the National Salvation Army, and they will be free to take advantage of them!" A young man said with a worried face.

"Impossible?" Old Zhang replied hesitantly, but when he said this, he had no confidence at all.

His experience is much richer than that of young people, and he has also experienced warlord melee and has seen all kinds of troops.

In his eyes, in addition to the Eighth Route Army, the current National Salvation Army is the same as the people and regards the people as human beings.

As for other troops, they treat the people as tools to gain benefits, and give up after using them, or even kill donkeys.

The National Salvation Army is doing very well now. It not only distributes land to everyone, but also distributes grain to everyone and organizes everyone to reclaim land... But after all, it is the first time we have seen the National Salvation Army and we don’t really understand them.

If everyone sees the illusion that the National Salvation Army deliberately exercises, the National Salvation Army is likely to be the same as other warlords. The reason why they are so good to everyone now is to let everyone farm well. When the spring plowing is over, everyone has no value to use it. The National Salvation Army will cut off everyone's food and let everyone fend for themselves...

Lao Zhang didn't dare to continue thinking. In order to dispel his concerns, he kept a close eye on the young people and asked anxiously: "Where did you hear these news? If the National Salvation Army really planned to let us fend for ourselves after the spring plowing, would they not be afraid that we would be in a hurry to destroy us and rob food everywhere?"

The young man quickly replied: "I heard from others too!"

"Some people say it is not that the National Salvation Army does not want to care about us, but that they have no food themselves, and they can't even control it. I heard that in order to solve the food shortage, the National Salvation Army not only organized us to reclaim wasteland in the defense zone, but they are also reclaiming wasteland."

"Have you ever heard of the army's own land reclamation and farming? So many people are saying that the national rescue army has no food, and the rumors ended in spring plowing and severing our food."

"Some people say that after the spring plowing is over, the National Salvation Army will take the initiative to cut off everyone's food and starve some people to death. Then the fertile fields that these people have worked hard to reclaim will fall into the hands of the National Salvation Army, and all the food produced by the autumn harvest will be cheaper for them."

"I didn't believe it at first, but they said it with sensibility, which made me have to believe it."

"Didn't you find that everyone's enthusiasm for land reclamation in the past two days is not as high as before? Many people in the village believe this statement, thinking that no matter how much land they reclaim, they will be wedding dresses for the National Saving Army, wasting their efforts, and in the end they won't get anything. It's better to stay at home and sleep!"

One spread of ten and ten, and the rumors that the national rescue army was about to cut off everyone's food rations after the spring plowing ended. The mood of more than 100,000 victims also changed from expectation to panic at this moment...

The atmosphere at Yangquan Command also became tense because of this rumor.

It is a fact that the national rescue army lacks food, so part of the rumor is true.

If it is not handled properly, civil unrest will cause civil unrest in the defense zone, the troops will definitely suffer huge losses, and the prestige of the National Salvation Army in the defense zone will be gone.

"Captain, the bad impact this rumor has brought to us is getting bigger and bigger!" Tang Yufeng frowned and reported, feeling very bad.

"The local government report of Yangquan and Shouyang: The victims in their defense zone were scared by rumors, and many people no longer had the idea of ​​continuing to reclaim land. They all thought that no matter how much land they reclaimed, they would be wedding dresses for our National Saving Army. They could get nothing and waste their energy. It would be better to hide at home and sleep."

Zhou Cheng asked back with a serious look on his face: "Did you find out who spread these rumors?"

Deputy Commander Zheng Yunshan lowered his head and was embarrassed to answer: "The specific location where the rumors were spread has been locked, but the person responsible for the rumors has not been found. We have initially judged that the culprit was either the Japanese or the war zone. They all wanted to see the defense zone of our national rescue army in chaos, and then take advantage of the situation to take advantage of us."

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "I don't want your judgment, I want specific evidence."

"I'll give you two more days, and we must find out the culprit. When we overcome the current crisis, we will definitely take revenge and revenge in the future."

After saying that, he turned his attention to Tang Yufeng: "There are many ways to break rumors, but we must think about how to use it so that we can solve the fundamental problem with the minimum cost."

"Tell me first, how many iron pots have the troops prepared for the victims?"

Tang Yufeng blurted out without thinking: "We gathered all the blacksmiths who made iron pots in the four counties together, with a total of more than 220 people. We provided pig iron and organized everyone to produce iron pots day and night. Now more than 5,000 pieces have been made."

"I roughly calculated before. If we want to meet the meal requirements of all the victims, we must prepare at least 23,000 iron pots to ensure that each household is assigned a iron pot."

Zhou Cheng thought for a moment and made a decision: "Since that's the case, our action plan to break the rumors will start with the iron pot."

"Old Tang, you immediately borrow an iron pot from the people in the defense zone who are not part of the victims. You can concentrate all the excess iron pots in the hands of the villagers to the regiment headquarters, collect 11,500 iron pots, and then distribute them to the victims. The two households will temporarily share an iron pot. After we have more iron pots, we will divide the remaining 11,500 iron pots."

Tang Yufeng understood what Zhou Cheng meant as soon as he heard it: "Captain, you want the victims to cook for themselves!"

Zhou Cheng nodded: "Since the rumors say that our National Salvation Army plans to unload the donkey and will no longer provide food to the victims after spring plowing. Then we will divide the food for the victims and distribute the food for one month at a time so that the villagers can master the food with their own hands and no longer worry about the food for the next month. Then the rumors that we are preparing to cut off their food will be self-defeated."

"In addition, all the distributed grains are calculated according to the per capita standard of 4 taels per person per day. By the way, let the villagers know that our National Salvation Army will prepare a huge surprise for everyone before the spring plowing!"

Tang Yufeng expressed his expression of agreement after thinking about it for a moment: "There are more than 350,000 people in the non-disaster areas in the defense zone, and almost 70,000 households. If more than 6,000 iron pots are divided, it is equivalent to ten households gathering one, so you can definitely borrow it."

"Captain, give me two days, and I promise to complete the task."

"It's even more amazing to just divide the food and let the people control their own food."

"Previously 100,000 victims were having dinner together. As long as we wanted, they could cut off their food at any time."

"Now we divide the food, even if we no longer provide food in the future, they can still last for a month with the food in their hands."

"Compared with what we directly provided them with food before, holding the food in our hands will definitely make everyone feel more at ease."

"But will it be too small for 4000 per person? Although we have discussed this issue before, we organized everyone to supplement nutrition by eating fish and meat, and then eat more wild vegetables to reduce food consumption, but we have not distributed fish and meat to everyone yet, so we can directly reduce the food ration by 20%, which will definitely cause panic among the villagers!"

Zhou Cheng refused to comment: "When you come up, you will reduce your food by 20% of your food. The victims will definitely panic, and then believe the rumors that the national rescue army has cut off food."

"But Lao Tang, don't forget that the food will not be distributed immediately, and I also promised to give the victims a huge surprise when I distributed the food."

"You tell the local cadres in Shouyang and Yangquan now that the regiment headquarters will collect more than 11,000 iron pots in two days, and then spend two more days distributing all the iron pots to the victims and let them cook on their own."

"After getting the iron pot, the National Salvation Army will spend two days distributing the food for each disaster victim for one month, and in one month, the food for the next month."

Tang Yufeng understood a little: "Captain, you are fighting the time difference."

"First use an iron pot to stabilize the emotions of the victims, let them regain their confidence in our national rescue army, and seize the remaining few days before the spring plowing to continue reclamation of land."

"Then use another month of rations to make the villagers feel completely at ease and do spring plowing well."

"Then we have several days to prepare for the surprise you just said, the leader!"

Zhou Cheng nodded and ordered: "I inform all troops that as long as there is no combat mission, all troops will go to the mountains to hunt, or go to the river to fish, and find a way to raise 30,000 kilograms of prey and 130,000 kilograms of fish for me within four days, so as to ensure that each disaster victim can get two taels of meat and one kilogram of fish, give everyone some oil and water, and then have the energy to do spring plowing."

At eight o'clock in the morning, the people of Yougang Village gathered at the entrance of the village as usual, preparing to rush to the land reclamation point to continue to reclaim the land.

Because the rumors that the National Salvation Army wanted to cut off their food rations became more and more serious, fewer and fewer people continued to reclaim land. To this day, there are only six households and less than 30 people in the village, and they continue to persist.

The militia captain shouted dissatisfiedly: "You go back to the village immediately to inform the villagers who did not come, and said that I had something important to announce at the entrance of the village that each family would come to the entrance of the village, and no one could be absent, otherwise there would be a shortage of a grain cake for dinner today!"

Under the threat of food rations, more than 30 families of the leaders had to rush to the entrance of the village.

The militia captain did not speak nonsense and said bluntly: "Since it has expired, I will now announce an order that my superiors have just passed down."

"I know that in the past few days, everyone has heard rumors about the country-savior army's food cuts, and they are worried that everyone's food will be cut off after the spring plowing is over. In order to solve everyone's concerns, the superiors decided to distribute the food that helps everyone to people and no longer organize everyone to eat in a unified manner."

"In the past two days, the superiors will raise iron pots for everyone, and then spend two days dividing the iron pots, first ensuring that the two households can get a single iron pot, and then the National Rescue Army will spend two days dividing the rations to everyone, first dividing the rations for one month, and then dividing the rations for the next month to avoid waste."

"The National Salvation Army really wants to distribute the rations for a month to us and give us iron pots?" Some ordinary people asked with disbelief.

After being recognized by the militia captain, the happiest thing was the family that had been insisting on clearing the land these days.

Not only did my worries disappear, my family also opened several acres of wasteland more than others.

Some people also regret it very much, thinking that they should not believe the rumors, otherwise their family could be able to reclaim at least two acres of land during the rest of the country.

I ran home as soon as possible and prepared to call my family to continue to reclaim the land.

Some people still don’t believe it and decide to take a look again, and wait until the national rescue army really sends down the food before going to open up the land...
Chapter completed!